take cover

verb

To shelter oneself.

“Coordinate term: give cover”

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run for cover
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Meanings

verbtake cover (third-person singular simple present takes cover, present participle taking cover, simple past took cover, past participle taken cover)

present singular third person takes cover · participle present taking cover · past took cover · participle past taken cover

  1. alsofigurativelyidiomaticTo shelter oneself.

    Coordinate term: give cover

    1 more example

    Can't you hear, can't your hear the thunder? / You better run, you better take cover

    1981, Men At Work, “Down Under”, in Business as Usual

    Synonyms: run for cover

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo shelter oneself.

Similar
run for cover
Also see
run for cover

Translations

Finnish mennä suojaan, suojautua
  • mennä suojaanTranslations
  • suojautuaTranslations
French s'abriter
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Polish kryć się, ukryć się
  • kryć sięTranslations
  • ukryć sięTranslations
Spanish guarecerse, guarirse
  • guarecerseTranslations
  • guarirseTranslations
  • ir a cubiertoTranslations
  • cubrirseTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

take cover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20cover

MLA

“take cover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20cover. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take cover,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20cover.

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